Morbidity from nonrespiratory diseases and mortality in dairy heifers during the first three months of life

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2043-2046

  Virtala, Anna Maija K ^a   Mechor, Gerald D ^b   Gröhn, Yrjö T ^a   Erb, Hollis N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UMBILICUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0030585549     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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